Here's some bemused irony for you...

...and it even comes from Florida!
Michael Italie was fired from his job at Goodwill Industries because he is
a communist. Legally, it is perfectly within Goodwill's rights to fire someone
for his political beliefs, because it is a private corporation and they can
fire you over political speech, whether or not it has any bearing over what
you do at your job.
However, the United States government can not fire you for that reason -- it would be a violation of First Amendment protections of speech.
The irony here is noted by Timothy Noah...

One can make (and many have made) the case that people like Michael Italie
shouldn't be permitted to hold jobs in government, where at least in theory
they have the power to subvert the U.S. system. Yet it is in government where
Italie would be protected. In the private sector, where Italie is entirely
harmless, he enjoys no protection at all.